Amazing Week; Boring Forecast Moving Forward

After an amazing week of snow, boring conditions look to predominate for the foreseeable future.  Highs look to hover right around freezing on both Saturday and Sunday (and through much of next week).  Mostly sunny both weekend days with our typical patrol zone westerly “breeze,” with perhaps even more of a “breeze” on Sunday.  A […]

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Snow!

As of Monday mid-morning, the Eldora Snowcam is at about 6” of fresh snow, and we’re in the middle of what looks to be a good snow cycle.  We continue to be on the southern side of this storm, and most of the precipitation is from spillover, so most models aren’t calling for a giant […]

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Light Snow Now, More Snow Next Week

We’ll get a little snow today (2” per the Canadian Model, ½” per the American Model).  Saturday will be cloudy.  Sunday morning may be sunny, but snow looks to start in earnest Sunday afternoon, with higher winds on Sunday than Saturday.  Then we’re going to get steady snowfall from Sunday to Wednesday or Thursday.  It’ll […]

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Snow Ahead

Lots to talk about.  The first round of snow this week looks to come in on Tuesday afternoon through Wednesday, with a weak upslope, and very cold temperatures.  Here are the model forecasts: 6” – European and UK Met Models 5” – Canadian and American Models 4” – Icon Model Temperatures warm on Thursday and […]

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Some Snow This Weekend, Some Snow Next Week

The moisture from the storm that just hit Tahoe will pass us (mostly to the north and west) on Friday evening, though there will be a powerful jet streak overhead.  The models are all over the place on snow forecasts (my guess is they can’t agree whether the jet streak will bring snow or not).  […]

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